JavaScript template language shootoff (v1028)

Revision 1028 of this benchmark created on

Description

A brief comparison of some JavaScript templating engines on a short template: 6 header tags, and 10 list items.

Added ejs to the list.

Fixed script references.

Preparation HTML

<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/3.3.1/lodash.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dot/1.0.3/doT.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mustache.js/0.8.1/mustache.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/3.0.0/handlebars.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/clientside-haml-js/5.4/haml.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jade/1.3.1/jade.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/coffee-script/1.9.1/coffee-script.min.js'></script>
<script src='//sstephenson.github.com/eco/dist/eco.js'></script>
<script src='//ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.min.js'></script>
<script src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dot/1.0.3/doT.min.js'></script>



<script>
  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{.}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";
  
  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars && Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");

  window.micro = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>";

  window.underscoreTemplate = _ && _.template && _.template(micro);
  
  window.resigTemplate = tmpl && tmpl(micro) || null;
  
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };
  
  window.jadeTemplate = "div\n  h1.header!= header\n  h2.header2!= header2\n  h3.header3!= header3\n  h4.header4!= header4\n  h5.header5!= header5\n  h6.header6!= header6\n  ul.list\n    - each item in list\n      li.item!= item";
  if ( Haml ) {
      window.hamlTemplate = Haml("%div\n  %h1.header= header\n  %h2.header2= header2\n  %h3.header3= header3\n  %h4.header4= header4\n  %h5.header5= header5\n  %h6.header6= header6\n  %ul.list\n    :each item in list\n      %li.item= item");
  }
  
  window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>");
  
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Mustache.js Template
Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
ready
Resig Micro-Templating.
resigTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
Creationix's Haml-js Template
hamlTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
Jade Template
jade.render(jadeTemplate, {
 locals: sharedVariables,
 filename: 'test.js',
 cache: true
});
ready
lodash.js Template
underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
Handlebars.js
handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
ready
doT.js
doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
ready

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